The Press., 1887-06-23
WELLINGTON.
iCorrespondence.l

D. K. Smith has bought of w. c. Maine some 35 acres of land, with the buildings, in the north part of the town. Price, $625.
 Rev. Mr. Washington, late pastor of the church in Essex, supplied the Bap- tists last Sunday. He is one of the finest pulpit orators in the land, and no wonder that the most rapt attention was given him by his audiences here.
 It was thought best on the whole to consider the meeting of the joint board on the 14th as adjourned to next Saturday, the 25th, at 2 o'clock p. m., at the town hall. The school visitors and selectmen are hereby requested to convene as above. It is hoped there will be fuller attend ance than at the first meeting, so that the appropriations to the different school dis trlcts can be intelligently made.
 None of the grand jurors selected at the last town meeting qualified themselves, so that the town has been eight months without such officers. The selectmen have recently appointed one at South Willing ton, W. F. Bracket, who has duly taken the oath.
 A subscription paper recently circu- lated has in a measure compensated the Widow Kidder for the loss of her COW. From the money thus raised she has been enabled to buy heifer of John A. Brown.
 -Gilbert Amidon has lost one of his pair of horses.
 The s'oceans" of circulars that come to the board of school visitors, the chair. man, al least, is decided annoyance. II anybody covets this office, and will make it known little louder, we will give him couple of bushels of these missives. They will be good reading while making roads, for instance.
 We are requested to say that the Con gregationalist people are cordially invited to the Baptist church while they are with. out Sunday services. It is expected that g candidate will occupy the pulpit next Sun day.
 F Let it be remembered in our district school meetings and when we elect schoo visitors again that by the new law womer can now be district committees and schoo visitors. Its pretty potent fact that il some of our towns, we won't say this one | the women contribute the most available field to choose from.
 -J. B. Carpenters old horse, "Abt Lincoln," is dead. He was raised anG owned by Hon. David Clark, of Hartford until he was about eleven years old, whe1 he presented him to his last owner. Hi | AoAA WSaS VI 4AOooCASCL 5lOSh \buOIOuRu bred English), his sire the celebrated Pathfinder" Gov. Buckingham's parad, horse, and owned by William H. Buell. O East Hampton, Conn. He was foaled ol the day that Lincoln was nominated fo the presidency, in 1860; hence his name It will be seen he was of "royal' blood and no horse ever manifested his nobl nature in greater degree than he. H. stood nearly eighteen hands high, hi weight 1,35O lbs., with well n-proportloneC frame "a fine, lofty carriage, his step a light as that of pony-his color blacl and his, coat as soft as silk. "Abe" was as may be supposed, great pet in tn family, and one of it's members, at least Mrs. Carpenter, couldn't help having ''good cry" over his loss. We well re member this noble animal as we rode nea him in "Wide Awake" procession il Hartford during Lincoln's second cam paign. He was then valued at $1, GOO.